There are various varieties of web hosting services suitable for different sites when it comes to the system resources or the web hosting environment they demand. To choose the most relevant web hosting service for your web site, you have to calculate what server-side software it requires, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Web Hosting - Perks

The most suitable alternative for small web portals with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this form of web space hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which diminishes the total cost per user radically. There are different web hosting solutions differing from one hosting supplier to another, supplying different amounts of server storage and web traffic, different e-mail box account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can pay for a package that will include the specs your web page in fact needs. You will not need to pay lots of cash for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot accommodate the site. We, at SiteSculpt, offer an extensive array of web hosting packages suitable for personal or small business pages that even offer pre-activated script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you commence with a low priced plan and you need more features, upgrading to a better package demands just a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Disadvantages

A disadvantage of the shared website hosting platform is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate additional software. Given online portals, mainly online shops, demand applications to be activated on the web server for them to function, and with a shared hosting platform, you can install only software applications that do not need full root access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web pages that demand root-level access, or if your web page has many 1000's or even millions of hits per day, what you require is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A virtual private hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated web server and it acts in an absolutely identical manner.

Virtual Servers

Both services commonly give full server root privileges and can be rebooted via a software tool by the user, autonomously from the hosting company. Akin to the shared web hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web hosting server packages come with different characteristics depending on what the web hosting vendor offers. A virtual private web hosting server package includes guaranteed server storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be extended for short spells of time if there are free system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is making use of, and it can be revamped by altering or adding components. A virtual private web server is easier to manage as it ships with a virtualization panel, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, check stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by skilled clients.

Dedicated Servers

Nevertheless, certain web hosting companies provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they perform web hosting server administration procedures instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Selecting the top hosting plan is important as it can affect the stable functioning of a website. Before selecting a package, compare the pros and cons, survey thoroughly all the prerequisites for the site to operate properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still unsure which one is the best web hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.

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